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Carlisle Cathedral

Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 07.30-18.15 (Sunday 17.00)

Map: Carlisle city centre external link

Services

Sunday Sung Eucharist 10.30; Evensong (during term time) 15.00
Monday-Friday Evensong 17.30

Facilities

Disabled: Disabled parking in the grounds, wheelchair access to the Cathedral, disabled toilet in the grounds

Refectory: Prior's Kitchen in the Undercroft opposite the main entrance, open Monday-Saturday 09.30-16.00

Shop: Cathedral Shop inside the Cathedral open Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.00 (16.00 in Winter)

Website: www.carlislecathedral.org.uk external link

E-mail address: office@carlislecathedral.org.uk

Telephone
Cathedral Office 01228 548151

Prior's Kitchen 01228 543251

Music

Organist
Jeremy Suter (since 1991)

Choir

The choir consists of up to sixteen boy choristers, the same number of girl choristers, six regular lay clerks and additional choral scholars and part time lay clerks. The choristers are recruited from local day schools, and each set of choristers attends the Cathedral on alternate Sundays and on two weeknights in rotation. The Cathedral Youth Choir of young people aged 13-21 sing once a week during term time. The Cathedral Voluntary Choir sing occasional services in the absence of the Cathedral Choir and the Youth Choir.


Organ

Father Willis 1893, rebuild 1907 Harrison & Harrison, rebuild 1962, 1976 J W Walker.  Clean & overhaul 1997 David Wells.

4 manuals 72 stops:

Pedal 18 stops, Positive 14 stops, Great 13 stops, Swell 14 stops, Solo 13 stops


Organ specification npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03404 external link

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd M C Boyling (since 2004)

Bishop
The Right Revd Graham Dow (since 2000)

Building
The Cathedral, founded in 1122, has a number of fine features: the East window of 14th century stained glass, a 16th century carved Flemish altar piece in St Wilfred's Chapel and medieval paintings in the North & South aisles depicting the lives of saints and apostles. The Choir has a 14th century barrel-vaulted painted ceiling and early 15th century Choir stalls and miserichords.

Carlisle Cathedral from C&M - ©James Armstrong
Carlisle Cathedral from C&M - ©James Armstrong Carlisle Cathedral from Priors Tower - ©James Armstrong Carlisle Well and Organ - ©James Armstrong Carlisle Ceiling and Presbytery - ©James Armstrong

FCM at Carlisle

FCM Grants

1985 £7,000
1993 £3,500
1996 £10,000
2003 £6,000

FCM Diocesan Representative

Vacant

 


FCM National Gatherings

1965, 1986, 1998

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